Posts Tagged: brain

In cancer patients with one to three brain metastases, adding whole-brain radiation therapy to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) does not improve overall survival and has negative effects on cognitive function and quality of life compared with SRS alone, according to results from the Phase III N0574 trial presented at the plenary session at the 2015 annual… Read more »

Stratification for early distant brain failure (DBF) and salvage whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) in patients initially treated with stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) may be useful for treatment decision-making for patients with brain metastases, according to an article published online in the journal Cancer. Cancer Therapy Advisor

Sam Williams needs revolutionary proton beam therapy treatment which is not available in this country. She is currently is the Czech Republic receiving her first doses of the life-changing laser remedy to remove a golf ball-sized tumour lodged in her brain behind her eyes. The Comet

Twenty-two-year-old Sam Williams requires revolutionary proton beam therapy treatment in Prague in the next two weeks. She only received the diagnosis about her health in May, when doctors told her that she had undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma in her sinuses and lymph nodes. The Comet

Campaigner and brain cancer patient Clive Stone writes: I realise that I am very fortunate after having had 36 of my 39 brain tumours successfully treated at Sheffield with Gamma Knife, and my wish now is that NHS England begins to pull out the stops and enables such treatment to become more readily and easily… Read more »

The hospital accused of trying to stop Ashya King from having pioneering radiotherapy abroad has been cleared by a report. It said his parents’ failure to allow him to have chemotherapy reduced his survival chances from 80% to 50%. The Mirror, The Telegraph

Guy Ryan has been battling a brain tumour since he was just 12 months-old and has endured 20 separate operations and two long cycles of chemotherapy. Now Guy is set to jet off to America for a nine-week course of proton beam therapy treatment his family hope will freeze the tumour to stop it growing… Read more »

Interview with MB. Pinkham, Clinical Oncology, Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester discussing a study which was set up to describe the types of changes in neurocognitive function that can occur as a result of whole brain radiotherapy. Medical Research

Neuro-oncologists were buoyed by findings revealed within their subspecialty at ASCO 2015, with potentially practice-changing research presented in the plenary session, as well as in a clinical science symposium and an oral abstract session on central nervous system tumours. In addition to the cognitive risks of whole brain radiation, attendees learned the effects of immunotherapy… Read more »

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